January 18, 2009

I Can Answer These

An email from a devout colleague poses the following questions. I gave him my honest answers:

Why are we so sleepy in church, but wake right when the sermon is over we suddenly wake up?Usually, it is the Eucharistic Prayer that puts me to sleep, but if the sermon does, it's usually because the sermon was uninteresting. A good sermon will keep me perfectly attentive.

Why is it so hard to talk about God, but yet so easy to talk about nasty stuff?At least we understand the nasty stuff. But both run the risk of deeply offending people, and I find both difficult unless I know I'm in the right crowd.

Why is it so boring to look at a Christian magazine, but so easy to look at a nasty one?It depends on how nasty, but just a guess: perhaps it's because the nasty ones pay better and have better writers? Or maybe it's because Christian magazines censor every last bit of interesting stuff from their pages.

Why is it so easy to delete a Godly e-mail, but we forward all of the nasty ones?Because the nasty ones are usually funnier, and the Godly ones more often than not contain something that not all of my friends believe.

Why are the churches getting smaller but yet the bars and dance clubs are getting larger?In my county, they are not. If you're in Alabama, its because the bars and dance clubs were too small to begin with.